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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Chapter I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?
(a) Igbo.
(b) Alahua.
(c) Chucha.
(d) Olaudah.

2. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1863.

3. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. Cudjo says that the daughter of a very rich man back in his community in Africa would install each of his daughters in a fat-house for what period of time?
(a) 100 days.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 years.

5. Cudjo's house in Alabama is within sight distance of whose house?
(a) Cudjo's caretaker.
(b) Cudjo's granddaughter.
(c) Cudjo's daughter-in-law.
(d) Cudjo's sister-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

2. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?

3. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?

4. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?

5. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

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